Ashley Young's return to the United side was timely following Matteo Darmian's left-back struggles at Stoke and the irony was the winger shone on the opposite flank. Young has usually struggled at right-back but produced his best performance there against Basel and should maybe be rewarded with a switch to his preferred side on the left this weekend.

Daley Blind salvaged an otherwise underwhelming performance with a quality cross for Romelu Lukaku against Basel yet United need a speedier option to attack Everton down their right-hand side, where they are devoid of a proper right-back. Young might thrive in the wing-back role.

Does Fellaini replace Pogba?

A gif of Cersei Lannister's son falling into the Red Keep was one of the most popular replies to the tweet quoting Jose Mourinho hailing Marouane Fellaini as Paul Pogba's 'natural replacement' last season. Fellaini was just that against Basel and he might be in the best form of his United career without starting a game so far this season.

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That could change against his former club, whom Fellaini scored against in the FA Cup semi-final last year. It would be peculiar if Mourinho started the out of form Ander Herrera at the expense of a midfielder on form.

Will Rashford be recalled?

Anthony Martial started against Leicester, Marcus Rashford started at Stoke and Martial started against Basel, so Rashford should start against Everton. Mourinho's rotation on the left wing has worked well so far and the two young forwards already have five goals between them - all but one coming via the substitutes' bench.

Martial was United's weakest performer in midweek but has tormented Everton in the past and they have problems at right-back without the sidelined Seamus Coleman. Whether he or Rashford line up, the match could be won down United's left.

Rashford has scored three goals so far this season

Formation change?

Everton have opted for the in-vogue back three a few times this season and it has elicited one win - versus Stoke in their opening fixture. A back four sieved three goals against Tottenham last week and three more against Atalanta on Thursday night, so Ronald Koeman might feel compelled to recall Ashley Williams to form a three-pronged rearguard with Michael Keane and Phil Jagielka.

Mourinho could counter that reticence with his own back three, although he has already suggested Eric Bailly and Phil Jones will replace Chris Smalling and Victor Lindelof. The return to 4-3-3 at Stoke was unsuccessful and United have excelled in 4-2-3-1 after toiling in it for much of last season.

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Romelu Lukaku has already earned two chants, which is one better than Zlatan Ibrahimovic managed last season, and the Belgian could surpass United's previous number nine again against his former employers on Sunday.

Ibrahimovic did not net his seventh United goal until early November last season but still ended the campaign with 28 goals. Lukaku has already shown he is more beneficial to the United side than Ibrahimovic was and a seventh strike would reiterate that.